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United States Board of Immigration Appeals

The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA or Board) is the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws. It is composed of 11 Board Members, including the Chairman and Vice Chairman who share responsibility for Board management. The Board is located at EOIR headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. Generally, the Board does not conduct courtroom proceedings - it decides appeals by conducting a "paper review" of cases. On rare occasions, however, the Board does hear oral arguments of appealed cases, predominately at headquarters.  Website: www.usdoj.gov/eoir/biainfo.htm
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Matter of V-K-

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Matter of A-S-B-

8 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Matter of S-A-K- and H-A-H-

Matter of Chen, 20 I&N Dec. 16 (BIA 1989), followed.

5 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Somalia - United States of America

In re A-T-

26 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution | Countries: Mali - United States of America

In re A-K-

5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Immigration law | Countries: Senegal - United States of America

In re J-B-N- & S-M-

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

In re T-Z-

9 May 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Family reunification - One-child policy / Family planning - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United States of America

In re K-R-Y- and K-C-S-

4 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Multiple nationality - Safe third country | Countries: United States of America

BIA Precedent Table: Board Precedents and Related Court Decisions

April 2007 | Publisher: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

In re A-M-E & J-G-U-

31 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

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